Said Spittin’ Chiclets podcaster and former Oilers play Ryan Whitney as the Oilers beat Winnipeg: “All the Oilers haters are silent tonight. They always start slow and then run through the league the last 50 games. The run has begun.”

Zach Hyman scored three goals and Connor McDavid had four assists as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1. Mattias Ekholm also scored and

The Oilers have been connected to several veteran goaltenders of various quality with unattractive contracts. Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues has a $6 million cap hit in 2026-27, and Tristan Jarry of the Pittsburgh Penguins has two years left at $5.375 million.

Skinner moves on as Devan Dubnyk did here in 2014. In a perfect world, he will stay in Pittsburgh and thrive, with younger hotshot Russian Sergei Murashov almost ready for the NHL, or he signs somewhere else and his game will continue to get better, like Dubnyk’s did when he found a home in Minnesota.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored 19 seconds into overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Connor McDavid scored twice, Jack Roslovic added a goal and Draisaitl had two assists for the Oilers.

Connor McDavid had his 13th career hat trick to tie Mark Messier for fourth in Oilers history and added an assist in Edmonton’s 9-4 romp over the Seattle Kraken on

Zach Hyman netted a hat trick and Connor McDavid collected four assists to lead the host Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.

It was the most obvious shutout in NHL history. You could see it coming a mile away. Four years after the Edmonton Oilers passed on drafting him in the first round, Jesper Wallstedt made them pay, stopping all 33 shots he faced in the Minnesota Wild’s 1-0 win Tuesday night.